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tlTije American 

Scenic anb ||igtoric 

preservation ^ocietp 




^ iSational ^ocietp for tfte protection 
of iStatural keener?, tfje ^rejferbation 
of Hanbmarfes^ anb tfje improbement 
of Cities; A ^ 3[lncorporateb 1895 



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J^onorarp ^regibcnt 

J. PiERPONT Morgan 

^rcgibent 

George F. Kunz, Ph.D. 

UicE=^re£fibentsi 

F^lEDERICK W. DeVOE 

Hon. Chas. S. Francis 
Henry M, Leipzioer, Ph.D. 
Col. Henry W. Sackbtt 

tCrcafiiurer 

Hon. N. Taylor Phillips 

(Deputy Comptroller) 

280 Broadway 

Counsel 

Henry E. Gregory 
59 Wall Street 

Hanbfifcape ^rcljitect 

Hon. Samuel Parsons 
1133 Broadway 

^ecrctarp 

Edwaru Hagaman Hall 
Tribune Building 



Edward D. Adams Hon. Thomas H. Lee 

Prof. L. H. Bailey Dr. Henry M. Leipziger 

Reginald Pelham Bolton Ogden P. Letchworth 



H. K. Bush-Brown 
Frederick W. Devoe 
Hon. Charles M. Dow 
Winchester Pitch 
Hon. Charles S. Francis 
Hon. Robert L. Fryer 
Henry E. Gregory 
R. S. Guernsey 
Francis Whiting Halsey 
Hon. Hugh Hastings 
Samuel V. Hoffman 



Hiram J. Messenger 

Hon. Herman a. Mktz 

J. Pibrpont Morgan 

Ira K. Morris 

John Dewitt Mowris 

M. Sexton Northrup 

Gordon H. Peck 

Hon. George W. Perkins 

Hon. N. Taylor Phillips 

Thomas R. Proctor 

Hon. J. Hampden Robb 



Hon. Thomas P. Kingsford Col. Henry W. Sackett 
Dr. George F. Kunz Albert Ulmann 

Frederick S. Lamb Prof. Charles D. Vail 

Frank S. Witherbee 

aift. 

\uthor. 



^7ffi}t American Scenic anb Jligtoric 
\tl< ^ ^res^erbation ^ocietp was founded 

in 1905 by the late Hon. Andrew H. Green, 
" the Father of Greater New York." It is a 
national organization of men and women, ani- 
mated by a love of the beautiful in Art and 
Nature, and inspired by public spirit and pride 
in our National Annals, associated for the pro- 
tection of natural scenery, the preservation of 
historic landmarks, and the improvement of 
cities. 

Kf)t ^im£( of tfje ^ocietj> 

It aims to protect beautiful features of the 
natural landscape from disfigurement, either 
by physical alterations or by the erection of 
unsightly signs and structures, and to preserve 
from destruction remarkable geological for- 
mations and organic growths possessing an ar- 
tistic or scientific value. 

It endeavors to save from obliteration 
names, places and objects identified with local, 
state and national history ; to erect suitable 
historical memorials where none exist ; and to 
secure the bestowal of significant and ap- 
propriate names upon new throughfares, 
bridges, parks, reservoirs and other great mu- 
nicipal works. 

It promotes the beautification of cities and 
villages by the landscape adornment of their 
open spaces and thoroughfares, the protection 
of their trees from destruction, and the crea- 



tion of public parks where necessary for the 
health, comfort and pleasure of the people. 

It cultivates by free lectures, literature^ 
prize competitions, correspondence and other 
educational means popular appreciation of the 
Scenic Beauties of America and public senti- 
ment in favor of their preservation; and it 
promotes interest in and respect for the His- 
tory of the Country, its honored names and its 
visible memorials. 

(Bm^i-(^iiim{ ^tatu£f in i^etogorfe ^tate 

In the State of New York, under a special 
act of whose Legislature the Society is incor- 
porated, the corporation occupies a quasi- 
official position, being- required to report 
annually to the Legislature, and specially 
privileged to report at any time, by bill or 
otherwise, recommendations concerning the 
objects of the Society. 

It is expressly authorized by its Charter to 
make recommendations to any municipality 
in the State of New York or its officers con- 
cerning improvements in scenic and material 
conditions. 

Owing to its conservative course and the 
valuable resources of historical and profession- 
al information at its command, its opinion is 
respected by Legislators, one of whom, writing 
from Albany in 1903, in response to the peti- 
tion of a local historical society for an appro- 
priation for a monument, said: "I find that be- 
fore an appropriation for this object can be 
secured it must have the approval of the 
American Scenic and Historic Preservation 
Society." 



Cooperation toitfj Cognate ([^rgani^ationsf 

The Society's primary object is to benefit the 
public and it entertains no sentiments of rivaby 
toward other agencies working for the com- 
mon good. On the contrary, it recognizes the 
valuable work done by cognate organizations 
and stands ready to co-operate with, advise and 
otherwise aid them in the furtherance of im- 
dertakings designed for the general welfare. 

illembers(f)ip anb Buesi 

Any public-spirited person in the United 
States may become an Annual Member, after 
application to or invitation by the Board of 
Trustees, upon election and the payment of 
annual dues of $5; a Sustaining Member by 
the payment of $35 a year ; a Life Member by 
the payment of $100 at one time, and a Patron 
by the donation of personal or real property 
to the value of $500. There is no initiation fee. 

The Annual Dues of $5 are payable in ad- 
vance on January 1. New members joining 
between January 1 and July 1 pay for the 
full year upon acceptance of election. New 
members joining between July 1 and January 
1 pay only $2.50 for the last half of the year. 

The American Scenic aad Historic Preser- 
vation Society has been admitted by the Na- 
tional Arts Club of New York to its list of 
twenty "Privileged Societies." The members 
of such privileged societies, if they belong 
also to the National Arts Club, can deduct 
from their dues to the National Arts Club the 
dues which they pay to the Privileged Socie- 
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ties, provided such deductions do not reduce 
their payments to tlie National Arts Club be- 
low the limit of $25 for a Resident Member of 
the Club or below $15 for a IS! on-Resident Mem- 
ber. Members of the National Arts Club who 
have not rebated below these limits can there- 
fore join this Society and enlarge the useful- 
ness of their club membership without in- 
creasing their financial responsibilities. 

Jfinancial Support 

This Society, although performing functions 
exercised in some European countries by the 
Government itself, and in cases to be men- 
tioned hereafter actually representing State 
and local authorities at home, receives no 
governmental financial support for its general 
work. Any appropriations of public moneys 
are applied exclusively to the specific objects 
for which they are made without any admin- 
istrative charges. The Society is therefore 
entirely dependent upon its membership dues 
and voluntary contributions from public-spir- 
ited citizens for the maintenance of its general 
work. 

^nbreto J^. <§reen Jlemorial Jf unb 

On November 12, 1906, Me.ssrs. Oliver B. 
Green, Martin Green, Andrew H. Green, Wm. 
O. Green, Samuel M. Green and Nathan W. 
Green, Misses Mary Pomeroy Green, Lucy M. 
Green and Julia E. Green and Mrs. Mary R. 
Green Owen, heirs of the Founder of the So- 
ciety, gave to the Society the sum of $10,000 
to constitute or be the nucleus of a fund to be 
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known as the Andrew H. Green Memorial 
Fund. The principal is to remain perma- 
nently invested and the interest applied to the 
work of the Society. The Trustees earnestly 
hope that those who appreciate Mr. Green's 
great public services and sacrifices will be 
moved to make additions to this fund, or es- 
tablish other memorial funds, for the mainten- 
ance of the Society which he founded and the 
perpetuation of the work which peculiarly rep- 
resents his inspirations and ideals. 

JLtttnvtsi anb publications 

Every season public meetings are held, to 
which the members and their friends are in- 
vited and at most of which illustrated lectures 
are delivered by specialists in various branches 
of art, history and nature work. For six 
years the in-door meetings have been held in 
the galleries of the National Arts Club of New 
York. 

The members also receive gratuitously, from 
time to time, copies of historical brochures of 
great value. The following have already been 
sent to them, those marked with a * being 
now out of print : " The Landmark of 
Fraunces' Tavern " (New York),* by Mrs. M. 
F. Peirce; "New York's Historic Sites," by 
Mr. Albert Ulmann ; "St. Paul's Chapel" 
(New York), by Mr, Charles F. Wingate ; 
" Jamestown, Va.," * by the Secretary ; 
" Stony Point Battlefield," by Mr. Francis W. 
Halsey and the Secretary ; " The Old Martyrs' 
Prison " * (late Hall of Records, New York), 
by the Secretary; " Fort Washington, New 
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York," * by Mr. Reginald P. Bolton and the 
Secretary ; " Washington's Headquarters, 
New York," by Mr. Reginald P. Bolton; His- 
toric and Pre-Historic Ruins of the Southwest," 
by Prof. Edgar L. Hewett, of the Smithsonian 
Institution; and " McGown's Pass and Vicin- 
ity, New York," by the Secretary. 

Annual i^eportsi 

The Annual Report of the Society is a valu- 
able compendium of information about scenic 
and historic sites and objects in the United 
States, and is much sought by universities, 
public libraries and writers and students. Be- 
ginning with the report of 1900, the latter half 
of each report has been devoted to appendices 
containing extended papers on the subjects 
named below. Reports marked with an * are 
out of print. 

First, 1896. Pages 10. No appendices. 

Second, 1897. Pages 6. No appendices. 

Third, 1898.* Pages 4. No appendices. 

Fourth, 1899. Pages 13. No appendices. 

Fifth, 1900. Pages 84. Appendices: "Re- 
port of Commission Representing the State 
of New York for the Preservation of the Pali- 
sades;" '* Report of the Society to the Comp- 
troller of the State on the Lake George Battle- 
field;" ''Report on the Battlefield of Stony 
Point." 

Sixth, 1901.* Pages 97. Appendices: "The 
Duty of Preserving Places and Objects of 
Historic Interest and Natural Beauty," by 
Hon. Andrew H. Green; "The Landmark of 
Fraunces' Tavern," by Mrs. Melusina Fay 



Pierce; "The Historical Significance of the 
Hudson and Champlain Valleys," by Mr. 
Francis Whiting Halsey. 

Seventh, 1902.* Pages 125. Appendices: 
"The Preservation and Restoration of His- 
toric Sites and Buildings in Europe," by ProT. 
A. D. F. Hamlin of Columbia University; 
" The Scenic Beauties of Fort Washington 
Battlefield; and the American Revolution and 
the Free Press," by Hon. Andrew H. Green; 
"The Battle of Fort Washington," by Hon. 
Azariah H. Sawyer; "Jamestown: The First 
Permanent English Settlement in America," 
by the Secretary. 

Eighth, 1903.* Pages 160. Appendices: 
Address by Gov. Odell at the Dedication of 
Stony Point Battlefield State Reservation, 
July 16, 1902; Address by Hon. Andrew II. 
Green at Fraunces' Tavern, Dec. 4, 1902; 
Address by Gov. Odell at Fraunces' Tavern, 
Dec. 4,1902; " Suggestions for the Appropri- 
ate Renaming of Certain Localities, Parks, 
Avenues and Streets on Washington Heights 
and at Inwood, Manhattan Island," by Mr. 
Reginald Pelham Bolton; " Historic and Pic- 
turesque China," by Emil-S. Fisher. 

Ninth, 1904. Pages 222. Appendix: "Bi- 
ography of Andrew Haswell Green," by the 
Secretary. This appendix comprises 113 
pages. 

Tenth, 1905. Pages 247. A^ppendices: " An- 
tiquities of the Southwest and Their Preser- 
vation," by Prof. Edgar L. Hewett of the 
Smithsonian Institution; "Historic Land- 
marks of Staten Island,*' by Mr. Ira K. 
Morris; " Amerindians of Manhattan Island," 
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by Mr. Reginald Pelham Bolton; '*Fort Brewer- 
ton, N. Y.," by Mr. Francis Whiting Halsey; 
"Harriet Maxwell Converse, the Indians' 
Friend," by Dr. George F. Kunz; *' The Poster 
Nuisance," by the Secretary; "Major Robert 
Rogers, the Famous Scout, Indian Fighter and 
Partisan Commander," by Francis Whiting 
Halsey. 

Eleventh, 1906. Pages 238. Appendices 
"The Discovery of the Hudson River," by Gen. 
James Grant Wilson; "The Pioneers of 
Steam Navigation," by Mr. Winchester Fitch; 
" The Physiography of Watkins Glen," by 
Prof. Ralph S. Tarr of Cornell University; 
"Some Historical Places in New Jersey," by 
Mr. T. N. Glover; and "The Palisades of the 
Hudson River: Their Geological Origin, 
Attempted Destruction and Rescue," by the 
Secretary. 

Twelfth, 1907. Pages (6st.) 250. Appen- 
dices: " Walter S. Logan," by Miss Myra B. 
Martin; "Letch worth Park and Its Donor" 
(geological, biographical and narrative), by the 
Secretary; "Educational Possibilities of Letch- 
worth Park," by Dr. Geo. F. Kunz; "Geology 
of Letchworth Park," by Prof. A. W. Grabau; 
" Last Indian Council in the Genesee," by Mr. 
David Gray; "Proceedings at Fort Clinton, 
McGown's Pass, New York. Nov. 24, 1906;" 
" Annals of Olden Days of Watkins Glen," by 
Mr. John Corbett. 

Jliureau of ^information 

To meet the demands made upon it by the 
National scope of its work, and the constant 
requests of individuals, societies and the press 

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for information or moral support, the Society 
maintains a permanent Headquarters in the 
Tribune Building, New York, and has at its 
command the services of some of the best 
qualified historical and landscape authorities 
in the country. 

Members are free to use the Headquarters 
as a Bureau of Information; and in their 
efforts for local projects of a public nature 
find their effectiveness still further increased 
by their association with an influential body 
of advisers and co-laborers. 

tlTfje ^ocietp a public ^ru^tee 

The Society is empowered to receive real or 
personal property in fee, or trust, either by 
purchase, gift, grant, devise or bequest, by 
order of a court of competent jurisdiction, by 
legislative enactment, or otherwise, and to 
administer it as a public trustee. 

It is thus enabled to act not only for indi- 
viduals but also for state and municipal gov- 
ernments as custodian of public property. 

Custobian of Jfour ^tate l^e^erbations; 

The Society is by law Custodian of the four 
New York State Keservations named below: 
Stony Point Battlefield, comprising 34 acres on 
the west side of the Hudson river, 35 miles from 
New York; Watkins Glen, about 105 acres at 
the head of Seneca Lake ; Letchworth Park 
(Glen Iris), 1,000 acres on the upper Genesee 
River at Portage Falls; and Fort Brewerton, 1 
acre at the foot of Oneida Lake. Further par- 
ticulars in 
bereafter. 



Cusitobian of ^tonp $oint JUattlef iclb 

In 1897 the State of New York purchased 
34 acres of the historic Stony Point Battlefield 
on the Hudson River and committed it to the 
custody of this Society. With the expendi- 
ture of $38,900 of State money in purchase, 
improvement and maintenance, and about 
$5,000 of the Society's funds, roads and paths 
have been constructed ; a public pavilion, a 
keeper's house and museum, summer houses 
and a steamboat dock built ; a water supply 
inducted ; the old earthworks marked ; two 
cannon captured by Anthony Wayne secured ; 
and in various ways the Reservation has been 
made one of the most interesting and instruc- 
tive places of its kind in the United States. 
In July, 1902, the Reservation was opened to 
the people with elaborate ceremonies. Last 
year it was visited by over 14,000 persons. 

Hake (^eorse JUattlefielb i^eserbation 

In 1898 and 1900, chiefly through the efforts 
of this Society, the State purchased about 35 
acres at the head of Lake George, made 
famous by military events during the French 
and Indian and Revolutionary Wars and se- 
lected by Cooper as the principal scene of his 
romantic novel, *' The Last of the Mohicans." 

Cabins tf)e J^ubsion ^alisiabesf 

In 1899 Governor Roosevelt authorized a 
Commission from this Society to act in behalf 
of the State of New York jointly with a Com- 
mission selected by the Governor of New 
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Jersey in devisiug- a practical plan for the 
preservation of the Palisades of the Hudson 
River. The result of these joint deliberations 
was the legislation creating the Interstate 
Palisades Park Commission. With the muni- 
ficent gift of $122,500 by Mr. J. P. Morgan 
(Honorary President of this Society), appro- 
priations of $55,000 by the State of New Jersey 
and appropriations of $410,000 by the State of 
New York, the work of creating the great 
riparian park is progressing under the adminis- 
tration of the Interstate Commission. 

Uillage 3(mprobement 

In 1900, directly through the Society's coop- 
eration, a philanthropic woman beautified the 
surroundings of the ancient church in Salem, 
N. Y., and in various ways, less direct, the 
Society has promoted the improvement of 
cities and villages. 

J^aming €as;t l^iber Jgribgeji 

In 1901 the Society ofl'ered prizes of money, 
books and medals for the best list of names 
proposed for the East River bridges ; and in 
March, 1902, the Board of Alderman formally 
adopted, as the official designations of those 
structures, names recommended by this 
Society. 

1^a&fjinston*s( Jleabquattersi ^resierbeb 

In 1901, chiefly through the intercession of 

this Society and its Women's Auxiliary, the 

Municipal Assembly passed an ordinance for 

the creation of a park in the Twelfth Ward of 

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New York City, including the beautiful 
colonial mansion built by Roger Morris in 
1758 and occupied by Washington as a head- 
quarters during a portion of 1776. The ordi- 
nance failed to receive the Mayor's signature 
on account of a technicality, but the campaign 
for the preservation of this building was re- 
newed and brought to a successful conclusion. 
On October 20, 1903, the city took title to the 
property and on December 28, 1903, it was 
formally dedicated with public ceremonies. 

Jf ort OTasfjington jHonument Crecteb 

In 1901 Mr. James Gordon Bennett gave to 
the Society the means for erecting on the site 
of Fort Washington, Manhattan Island, a 
monument which was dedicated by us with 
the cooperation of the Sons of the American 
Revolution with impressive ceremonies, No- 
vember 16, 1901. 

JPennett jWemorial $arfe 

In 1903, stimulated by the interest aroused 
by this Society in his historic property at Fort 
Washington, Mr. Bennett disclosed his inten- 
tion to dedicate to the city a large portion of 
his grounds as a Memorial Park in honor of 
the memory of his father, the founder of the 
New York Herald. 

O^lbegt J^etirehJ Cemetery ilarfeeb 

In 1903 a generous citizen of New York 

made the Society the medium of the gift of a 

handsome tablet to mark the remnant of the 

oldest Hebrew cemetery in the United States, 

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near Chatham Square, New York city. On 
April 20, 1903, the tablet was dedicated under 
the joint auspices of the American Scenic and 
Historic Preservation Society and the Ameri- 
can Jewish Historical Society, 

Jf raumesi' tlTabern 

In 1903, almost exclusively through the joint 
efforts of the Society and its Women's Auxil- 
iary, an ordinance was passed by the Board of 
Aldermen of the City of New York for the cre- 
ation of a park at Pearl, Broad and Water 
Streets, for the preservation of Fraunces' Tav- 
ern, in which Washington bade farewell to 
his officers in 1783. In 1904 the Board of Esti- 
mate and Apportionment rescinded the ordi- 
nance. On July 30, 1904, the title was acquired 
by the patriotic Society of the Sons of the 
Revolution, so that the historic building con- 
cerning which our Society developed such a 
strong public sentiment was finally saved, al- 
though not in the manner expected. 

#ift in iHemorp of ^. J|. #reen 

In 1904 Mr. Frederick W. Devoe presented 
through the Society, of which he is a Vice- 
President, to New York University, of which 
he is a Trustee, the means for adding 3,000 
square feet of floor space to the applied science 
plant in memory of the late Andrew H. Green, 
" Father of Greater New York." 

jfort prefcoerton ^tate l^es^etbation 

In 1904 the Legislature of the State of New 
York passed a bill creating a Reservation for 
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the preservation of the remains of old Fort 
Brewerton, at the foot of Oneida Lake, and 
making tliis Society custodian. In 1906 the 
property was acquired and is in our custody. 

^nbre ilonument 

In 1905, at the suggestion of the New York 
Times, the Society acquired the site of the 
execution of Major John Andre of the British 
Army in Tappan, N. Y., and the monument 
erected by Cyrus W. Field to mark the spot. 
Through the generosity of Hon. Clarence 
Lexow, a tablet will be affixed showing that 
the property ' ' preserves the identity of a place 
of historic interest and commemorates the 
fortitude of Washington and his generals in 
one of the crises of the American Revolution." 

^ree j^rotection 

The disregard shown by traction, electric 
power and electric light corporations for the 
people's interests, as illustrated conspicuously 
in the obliteration of the Boulevard trees in 
Manhattan Borough and the mutilation of 
trees along Broadway in Queens Borough, 
New York, has led the Society to take active 
steps, in cooperation with other organizations, 
to prevent further vandalism of this sort. In 
1905 it did successful work toward saving the 
trees along Ocean Avenue, by Prospect Park, 
from threatened destruction by the Subway. 

JIubsion i;er=Centenar|> Celebration 

In 1905 the Society was one of the few 
whose representatives met in. the house of th,^ 
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Hon. Bobert B. Roosevelt and took the initial 
steps which resulted in the appointment by 
Gov. Higgins and Mayor McClellan of the 
Commission to celebrate, in 1909, the 300th 
anniversary of the famous voyage of Henry 
Hudson up the river which bears his name 
and the 100th anniversary of the navigation 
of the river by steam by Robert Fulton. 
The Society has begun a search among the ar- 
chives in Holland for new light on the dis- 
covery period, and has already reproduced Van 
Dam's copy of Hudson's contract with the East 
India Company in 1609. 

Cugtotiian of OTiatfemS (§{tn 

In 1906, after six years' unsuccessful effort, 
the Society was enabled by the heirs of the late 
Andrew H. Green to secure for the State of 
New York the beautiful Watkins Glen for a 
State Reservation. The sum paid was $46,513, 
the actual cost of the property to the Green 
estate, and about half the price asked for it by 
its former owners. The reservation is in the 
official custody of the Society. 

Cusitobian of Hetcfjtoortf) $ark 

In 1906 the Hon. William Pryor Letch worth, 
of Portage, N. Y., after conference with the 
Trustees of this Society, deeded to the State of 
New York, for the benefit of mankind, his 
magnificent estate of Glen Iris, embracing the 
three beautiful falls of the Upper Genesee 
River and 1,000 acres of property upon which 
he has expended over half a million dollars. 
The scenery ranks second only to that of Niag- 
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ara Falls in the State of New York. This gift, 
crowning a life devoted to philanthropy, was 
accepted by the Legislature of 1907, and by the 
terms of the act is to be in the custody' of this 
Society upon the termination of Mr. Letch- 
worth's life tenancy. The Society is cooperat- 
ing with Mr. Letch worth in carrying out his 
plans for the further improvement of this Park. 
A full description of this great benefaction is 
given in the Twelfth Annual Report of the 
Society. 

Jlloofe jHountain anb l^iijer JPoulebarb 

In 1906, after four years' effort by this So- 
ciety, the Legislature of New York passed a 
bill extending the jurisdiction of the Interstate 
Palisades Park Commissioners so as to permit 
the extension of the Palisades Drive to Stony 
Point Park and preserve the impressive Hook 
Mountain from destruction by the traprock 
quarry men. 

3^re£(ertiing igiagara jf alls; 

In 1906 the Society contributed toward the 
securing of federal legislation for the preser- 
vation of Niagara Falls what Congressman 
Burton, author of the Burton bill, pronounced 
" the most complete and elaborate of all the 
legal arguments on the subject of the jurisdic- 
tion of the federal government over Niagara 
River." The Society not only assisted in se- 
curing the passage of the Burton bill, but it 
also aided in securing the repeal by the New 
York State Legislature of four charters for the 
diversion of water from Niagara Falls. In 
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1902 the late President of the Society, Son. 
Andrew H. Green, with the Niag-ara Commis- 
sion and this Society behind him, secm'ed the 
legislation creating the International Water- 
ways Commission (organized in 1905) with a 
view to an international treaty to prevent the 
further diversion of water from the Falls. 

HTofjnsitotdn ^tate i^es^erbation ^ecureb 

In 1906 the Legislature passed a bill drafted 
by this Society for the acquisition by the State 
of the historic blockhouse and colonial resi- 
dence of Sir William Johnson in Johnstown, 
N. Y. This famous landmark is now in the 
custody of the Johnstown Historical Society. 

Mt^o\i)n'9i ^agg iWonument 

In 1906, at the solicitation of this Society, 
the Department of Parks of the City of New 
York suitably mounted the two old cannon 
which had lain neglected for many years on 
Fort Clinton, at McGown's Pass, in Central 
Park. Simultaneously and with our coopera- 
tion, the City History Club erected a com- 
memorative tablet on the pedestal. 

t!L\}t (^iattt l^reeg of California 

In 1906 Congress passed a law taking under 
federal protection the famous Mariposa grove 
of Giant Sequoias in California. The oldest 
living things on earth are these giant trees of 
California, which were saplings when Abraham 
was a boy. For several years the Society has 
cultivated public sentiment through the press 
and by correspondence with members of Con- 
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gr^ss for the rescue from the lumberman's 
axe and buzz saw of these objects, which rep- 
resent the longest continuous life of any form 
on the globe. 

Cfje ^etrifieb tE^xtt^ of ^ri^ona 

More wonderful, if possible, than the Giant 
Trees of California are the petrified forests of 
Arizona, for they reproduce with Inorganic 
matter the outward form and inner structure 
or Organic life that flourished geological ages 
ago, and unite in a marvelous manner the two 
grand divisions of Nature. In no other region 
of equal area are there specimens as large, 
numerous, perfect and beautiful as in Chalce- 
dony Park, Arizona. This Society is working 
earnestly for the passage of a bill for the crea- 
tion of a National Park for the protection of 
these extraordinary objects. 

protecting ^refjisitoric 3^emain£( 

In 1906, after six years' agitation of the sub- 
ject by our Society in cooperation with other 
organizations, the Congress of the United 
States passed a law forbidding the destruction 
of antiquities on United States lands and 
authorizing the President to acquire lands 
which have historic value. 

$ri?es; anb jHebalsi 

In 1906 the Societj^ gave a silver replica of 
the John Paul Jones Congressional Medal to 
Gen. Horace Porter, who recovered the body 
of Commodore Jones for burial in America, 
and a silver replica of the Greater New York 
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Medal to Hon. Clarence Lexow for his con- 
spicuous cooperation in scenic and historic 
matters. In 1903 it gave a commemorative 
medal to Mrs. Nancy Rose, the keeper of the 
United States lighthouse at Stony Point, N. Y., 
for half a century, and in the same year was en- 
abled by private g'enerosity to present medals 
to the pupils of the Oakhurst, N. J., Grammar 
School participating in a prize debate. In 
1901 it gave a medal and a cash prize for the 
best and next best names suggested for the 
East River bridges. 

Wf)t poster i^uis;ance 

In 1907 the first fruits of five years' cam- 
paigning against the poster nuisance appeared 
in the contracts for the new subways in New 
York City, which forbid advertisements in the 
new underground railroad stations. In 1902 
the Society made in the New York Legislature 
the first definite attempt in the United States to 
secure legislation to restrain, by taxation, the 
disfigurement of urban and rural scenery by 
posters and billboards, and valuable pioneer 
work has been done in this direction. 

Sfamegtotun 3s;(anb 

In 1907, after five years' unsuccessful efforts 
to persuade Congress to take Jamestown 
Island, Va., for a federal reservation, the 
Society assisted in organizing a plan for its 
rescue by a movement similiar to that by 
which Mount Vernon was saved. The celebra- 
tion of the 300th anniversary of the first per- 
manent English settlement in the New World 
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at Jamestown, by an exposition held 35 miles 
away and in no wise connected with James- 
town Island, emphasizes the need of a popular 
movement for saving the birthplace of Anglo- 
Saxon civilization in America from neglect, 
from debasement to the uses of a cheap amuse- 
ment resort, and from the danger of oblitera- 
tion by the erosive action of the James 
River. 

"^erifping ^iteg anb Sngcriptions; 

In view of the many errors inadvertently 
made in the identification of historical sites 
and the wording of the inscriptions on memo- 
rials erected to mark them, and in the absence 
of any public commission to pass upon the 
same, the Society has cooperated with city 
officials and with other organizations in verify- 
ing localities and authenticating the inscrip- 
tions placed upon their monuments and tab- 
lets. Thus far in 1907 it has passed upon one 
tablet. In 1906 it passed upon four ; in 1905, 
two; in 1904, four, etc. 

OTatcfjing tfje ^arfejS 

Much of the Society's work is purposely 
done without publicity. This includes its 
watchfulness over the City Parks of New 
York, In one year it brought to New York 
three of the foremost experts in the country 
for an examination of the condition of Central 
Park. During another year it took for ex- 
amination samples of the so-called *' mould" 
used for "enriching" the park soil, to demon- 
strate the need for a better administration. 
And in other ways it has kept a jealous eye 
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on the people's open-air spaces. Publicly, its 
voice has been heai-d in the successful protests 
ag-ainst the extension of Brooklyn Bridge 
terminal into City Hall Park ; the reduction of 
Central Park by the widening of Fifth Avenue ; 
the building of an elevated railway in Bronx 
Park, etc. 

0ti)tx ^nbertafeings; 

Among other activities of the Society may 
be mentioned the preservation or restoration 
of the following old historic churches : the 
First Presbyterian Church of New York, 
Trinity Church of Fishkill, N. Y.; Bruton 
Church of Williamsburg, Va., and Old Falls 
Church, Va ; the preservation of the birth- 
place of the Cincinnati (Verplanck house) at 
Fishkill, N. Y.; Philips Manor Hall in 
Yonkers, Hamilton Grange in Manhattan 
Borough, Billopp House in Richmond Borough 
and Poe Cottage in Bronx Borough, New 
York ; the creation of a Highlands Reserva- 
tion of Natural Beauty on the Hudson, the ad- 
dition of Constitution Island to West Point 
Reservation, and the creation of In wood Park 
on Manhattan Island ; the restoration of Fort 
Putnam at West Point and the establishment 
of a federal reservation to save the ruins of 
Ticonderoga and Crown Point ; the prevention 
of the mutilation of the New York City Hall ; 
the reverent care and reinterment of the re- 
mains of the forgotten dead exhumed almost 
weekly in the progress of excavation and 
building in New York City ; the prevention of 
the desecration of cemeteries by cattle, as at 
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stone Arabia, where pigs were permitted to 
root among the graves; the punishment of 
vandals who mutilate pubHc monuments ; the 
perpetuation of native American place names 
and the bestowal of suitable names where 
none exist ; the suitable care of public records ; 
the erection of a memorial to the explorers of 
the Grand Canyon of the Colorado ; the main- 
tenance of natural conditions in the Yosemite 
Valley ; the preservation of the old missions of 
the Southwest, etc. 

Womtn'9i ^uxiliarp 

In 1900 a number of public-spirited woman 
organized the Women's Auxiliary to the 
American Scenic and Historic Preservation 
Society, having for its principal objects the 
preservation of tlTe Jumel Mansion, Fraunces' 
Tavern and the Poe Cottage in New York. 
The Auxiliary is a separate and distinct 
organization from this Society, with a mem- 
bership and board of government entirely its 
own. Through its independent efforts the 
Auxiliary has erected tablets on the block- 
house of 1814, on West 123d Street, New 
York City ; on the blockhouse of 1814 in 
Central Park, and on the house in Prince Street 
in which President Monroe died in 1831. 

Canabian Scenic anb J^igtoric ^otitty 

The influence of our example has also ex- 
tended across the international border, and in 
1905 we were officially informed of the organi- 
zation of the Canadian Scenic and Historic 
Preservation Society. 

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Commenbeb bp tfte $res^st 

The impressions derived from the work of 
the Society by intelligent observers of current 
events and the leaders of American thought 
may be judged from the few quotations fol- 
lowing : 

Paul Dana, Esq., when editor of the New 
York Sun : "If there is an organization in- 
spired wholly by public spirit and that of the 
most enlightened and precious nature, it is 
the American Scenic and Historic Preserva- 
tion Society." 

The New Yovk Times: " Of all the societies 
which we know collectively as the patriotic 
societies, none has yet undertaken with quite 
so much disinterested enthusiasm and intelli- 
gent guidance the work of marking and pre- 
serving places in this country closely identi- 
fied with historic events. Membership is not 
founded upon descent, nor have efforts been 
made in any way to dignify individual mem- 
bers through their ancestors. The Society is 
animated by a very distinct public spirit." 

The Outlook: "In stimulating popular 
appreciation of the value of saving things for 
their associations, of preservmg what is his- 
toric and picturesque, and in offering a trustee- 
ship for concentrating effort, whether by gifts 
or by appeal to State intervention, the Society 
is quietly but effectively doing a work that 
reaches in interest far beyond State bounds." 

public Support ^Krgeb bj> tije Cfturcb 

The Right Reverend the Bishop of the Prot- 
estant Episcopal Diocese of New York, Henry 
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C. Potter: **No citizen of New York can be 
otherwise than grateful to your Society for 
your efforts toward the preservation from de- 
facement of the Palisades and other natural 
features of scenery in the State of New York. 
You have behind you a much wider and more 
earnest constituency than as yet you realize." 
His Grace the ArchbishoD of the Roman 
Catholic See of St. Paul, John Ireland: "I 
am in most hearty sympathy with you. This 
Society should have among its members influ- 
ential men throughout the whole country." 

Work l^elcomeb bp tjje ^nibersiitp 

Chancellor H. M. MacCracken of New York 
University: "All American Universities, in- 
asmuch as they are charged with the highest 
responsibility for the education of American 
youth, must welcome the existence and 
activity of the American Scenic and Historic 
Preservation Society. Scenic and historic 
places and objects teach patriotism and 
nourish moral sentiments, while they care 
also in some measure for the esthetic nature. 
When once established, these famous places 
become unsalaried teachers. They never die, 
never ask to be retired on pensions, and their 
voices grow stronger and more convincing 
with increased age. May your Society be 
prospered in adding to the roll of these im- 
mortal teachers." 

The Hon. Seth Low, when President of 

Columbia University: " The object of the 

Society commends itself to me warmly. It 

is easy to mar the beauties of Nature, butdiffi- 

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cult to restore them if they have once been 
injured. Our ancient historic landmarks also 
ought to be preserved whenever possible. 
The New World, in the historic sense, is still 
new; but our national life has already made 
its sacred places, and it is a true instinct to 
preserve them, whenever possible, for the in- 
spiration that they hold. I hope that the 
efforts of your Society may be crowned with 
conspicuous success." 

President Arthur T. Hadley of Yale Uni- 
versity: **It is needless for me to say that I 
am in cordial sympathy with everything 
which is expressed in your letter. We can all 
of us work toward the creation of a general 
public sentiment which will grow better as 
time goes on and which will aid in dealing 
with these things — a sentiment to the effect 
that things which are of permanent interest 
and value to the Nation must not be made a 
subject of private money-making." 

President Charles W. Elliot of Harvard 
University: ''I am entirely in sympathy 
with your general object of saving objects of 
natural beauty and scenes of historical in- 
terest. The widespread organization of such 
societies is the best means I know of for 
accompanying the objects you have in view." 



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TLiit of Mtmhtri 

[There are four classes of membership: AunuallMembers 
paying $5 00 a year; Sustaining Members (indicated by an 
asterisk*), paying $25.00 a year; Life Members (printed in 
italics), who have paid $100.00 at one time; and Patrons 
(printed in capitals) who have given $500.00 or more to 
the Society at one time.] 
Mrs. Robt. Abbe, New York City 
Chas. F. Adams, Boston, Mass. 
Edward D. Adams, New York City 
Dr. George S. Allan, New York City 
Henry Allaway, Goshen, Orange Co., N. Y. 
Richard H. Allen, Chatham, N. J. 
Mrs. Wm. LeBaron Allen, New York City 
B. J. Allison, Stony Point, N. Y. 
Calvin T. Allison, Stony Point, N. Y. 
American Civic Association, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Louis Annin Ames, New York City 
Gustav Amsinck, New York City 
John A. Amundson, New York City 
J. M. Andreini, New York City 
Miss Genevieve K B. Andrews, New York City 
Mrs. James Andrews, New York City 
William L Andrews, New York City 
Giistav Anjou, Hasbrouck Heights, N. J. 
John D. Archbold, New York City 
Collin Armstrong, New York City 
M. H. Arnot, Elmira, N. Y. 
Col. John Jacob Astor, New York City 
Samuel P. Avery, New York City 
Trueman G. Avery, Buffalo, N. Y. 
H. D. Babcock, New York City 
George A. Bagley, Peekskill, N. Y. 
Prof. L. H. Bailey, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 
B. N. Baker, Continental Trust Bldg., Baltimore, Md. 
Col. Allan C. Bakewell, New York City 
Truman H. Baldwin, Nyack, N. Y, 
Wm. D. Baldwin, New York City 
Thomas R. Ball, New York City 

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George D. Bangs, New York City 

Francis Bannerman, New Yorli City 

Theo. M. Banta, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Wm. C. Bardenheuer, Flushing, L. I. 

Charles Barnard, Cedar Gate, Darien, Conn. 

Mrs. Edward E. Barney, Jamestown Island, Va. 

Miss Laura A. Barrett, West New Brighton, Staten Island 

Oliver G. Barton, New York City 

George C. Batcheller, New York City 

George W. Bates, Buhl Building, Detroit, Mich. 

Wm. Baumgarten, New York City 

W. R. Beal, Newburgh, N. Y. 

Henry W. Belknap, Salem, Mass. 

Enoch C. Bell, Nyack, N. Y. 

August Belmont, New York City 

Hon. Perry Belmont, New York City 

James Gordon Bennett, Paris, France 

Cornelius K. G. Billings, New York City 

William K. Bixby, St Louis, Mo. 

Hon. Cornelius N. Bliss, New York City 

Alfred J. Bloor, New York City 

Emil L. Boas, New York City 

S. G. Bogert, New York City 

George C. Boldt, New York City 

Reginald P. Bolton, New York City 

Hon. H. W. Bookstaver, New York Ciiy 

George S. Bowdoin, New York City 

R. R. Bowker, New York City 

S. R. Bradley, Nyack, N. Y. 

Hon. Thomas W. Bradley, Walden, N. Y. 

Cephas Brainerd, New York City 

Col. E. E. Britton, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Mrs. William Brookfield, New York City 

Wm. Wallace Brower, New York City 

Hon. Addison Brown, New York City 

Ernest C. Brown, New York City 

H. E. Brown, Mount Morris, N. Y. 

Mrs. Samuel Q. Brown, New York City 

W. C. Brown, Jersey City, N. J. 

J. Hull Browning, New York City 

Albert Buchman, New York City 

Edwin M. Buikley, Englert'ood, N. J. 

Wm. Lanman Bull, New York City 

Franklin Burdge, New York City 

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Edward G. Burgess, New York City- 
Prof. Edward S. Burgess, New York City 
J. Irving Burns, Yonkers, N. Y. 
William M. Burns, New York City 
Prof. William H. Burr, New York City 
H. K. Bush-Brown, Newburgh, N. Y. 
John L. Cadwalader, New York City 
H. H. Cammann, New York City 
Charles J. Canda, New York City 
Hon. Jacob A. Cantor, New York City 
Andrew Carnegie, New York City 
Dr. Walter Lester Carr, New York City 
Ernest T. Carter, New York City 
John H. Caswell, New York City 
Prof. J. Mc Keen Cattell, Garrison, N. Y. 
Frank R. Chambers, New York City 
John D. Champlin, New York City 
Charles A. Chapman, Nyack, N. Y. 
George L. Chapman, Nyack, N. Y. 
Hon. Joseph H. Choate, New York City 
Col. Wm. C. Church, New York City 
Dr. John M. Clarke, Albany, N. Y. 
Hon. A. T. Clearwater, Kingston, N. Y. 
John A. Clute, Watkins, N. Y. 
William P. Clyde, New York City 
C. A. Coffin, New York City 
Edwin W. Coggeshall, New York City 
Hon. Wm. N. Cohen, New York City 
Franklin G. Colby, New York City 
Miss Mary Colgate, Yonkers, N. Y. 
Clarence Lyman Collins, New York City 
Clarkson A. Collins, New York City 
W, A. Conklin, New York City 
W. B. Conrad, Nyack, N. Y. 
John Corbett, Watkins, N. Y. 

F. C. Cornell, Ithaca, N. Y. 

Miss Louise Cowperthwaite, Yonkers, N. Y. 
Wm. S. Crandall, New York City 
Col. Alex. B. Crane, New York City 

G. H. Crawford, New York City 
John D. Crimmins, New York City 
Frank R. Crumble, New York City 
Capt. Charles Curie, New York City 
Otis H. Cutler, New York City 

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R. Pulton Cutting, New York City 

Wm. Bayard Cutting, New York City 

Francis E. Dana, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Richard T. Daviee, New York City 

Wm. E. Davies, New York City 

William Gilbert Davies, New York City 

David Tiieodore Davis, New York City 

Hon. Gherardi Davis, New York City 

Miss Katherine S. Day, New York City 

H. de Coppet, New York City 

Robert W. De Forest, New York City 

James A. Degroat, Jonespoint, N. Y. 

James de la Montanye, New York City 

Edward Close Delavan, Jr., New York City 

Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, New York City 

Abrain DeRonde, Englewood, N. J. 

Carll H. DeSilver, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Frederick. W. Devoe, New York City 

Robert E. Deyo, New York City 

John M. Diven, Charleston, S. C. 

Rev. Morgan Dix, D.D., New York City 

Chas. Gordon Dobbs, New York City 

Cleveland H. Dodge, New York City 

Norman W. Dodge, Nyack, N. Y. 

L. F. Dommerich, New York City 

Hon. Albert G. Dow, Randolph, N. Y. 

Hon. Chas. M. Dow., Jamestown, N. Y. 

Mrs. Henry Draper, New York City 

C. A. DuBois, New York City 

Gano S. Dunn, New York City 

S. Whitney Dunscomb, Jr., New York City 

Henry R. Durfee, Palmyra, N. Y. 

A. E. Duryea, Nyack, N. Y. 

Wm. Duryea, Nyack, N. Y. 

Mrs. Samuel B. Duryea, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Otto M. Eidlitz, New York City 

Robert James Eidlitz, New York City 

David L. Einstein, New York City 

Emanuel Einstein, New York City 

Wm. W. Ellsworth, New York City 

Prof. Dwight L. Elmendorf, New York City 

Hon. N. A. Elsberg, New York City 

Henry Escher, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

William T. Evans, Montclair, N. J . 

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Benj. T. Fairchild, New York City 

Hon. J. Sloat Fassett, Elmira, N. Y . 

Stuyvesant Fish, New York City 

Theodore Fitch, New York City 

Winchester Fitch, New York City 

Wm. L. Flanagan, New York City 

Wm. H. Flitner, New York City 

Anson R. Flower, New York City 

Miss Harriet Keith Fobes, New York City 

Frank R. Ford, New York City 

James B. Ford, New York City 

Fredlc. de Peyster Foster, New York City 

Hon Charles S. Francis, Vienna, Austria 

J. H. Freedlander, New York City 

Alden Freeman, East Orange, N. J. 

Daniel C. French, New York City 

H. C. Friedman, Edgemere, L. I. 

A. S. Frissell, New York City 

John E. Frost, 2d, Watkins, N. Y. 

LeRoy Frost, Nyack, N. Y. 

Howard P. Frothingham, New York City 

Hon. Robert L. Fryer, Buffalo, N. Y. 

Henry D. Fuller, New York City 

Squire Garnsey, New York City 

Hon. Joseph M. Gazzam, Philadelphia, Penn. 

EJlbridge T. Gerry, New York City 

John M. Gesner, Nyack, N. Y. 

John R. Gibney, New York City 

Edwin James Gillies, New York City 

Hon. Theodore P. Gllman, New York City 

Hon. Thomas F. Gilroy, New York City 

T. N. Glover, Rutherford, N. J. 

Arthur Goadby, New York City 

C. H. Godfrey, New York City 

Abraham Goldsmith, New York City 

Hon. Louis F. Goodsell, Highland Falls, N. Y. 

Charles A. Gould, New York City. 

George J. Gould, New York City 

Emile W. Grauert, New York City 

David Gray, Buffalo, N. Y. 

ANDREW HUGH GREEN, Chicago, III. 

Howard C. Green, New York City 

Miss JULIA E. GREEN, Hartford Conn. 

Miss LUCY M. GREEN, Hartford, Conn. 



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MAKTIN GREEN, Worceeter, Mass. 

Miss MARY P. GREEN, Chicago, 111. 

Dr. NATHAN WILLIAMS GREEN, New York City 

SAMUEL M. GREEN, Holyoke, Maes. 

WILLIAM O. GREEN, Chicago, 111. 

Gen. Francis V. Greene, Buffalo, N. Y. 

Rt. Rev. David H. Greer, D.D., New York City 

William C. Gregg, Newburgh, N. Y. 

Henry E. Gregory, New York City 

Hon. Abram Gruber, New York City 

Rocellus S. Guernsey, New York City 

Hon. Randolph Guggenheimer, New York City 

James D. Hague, New York City ' 

Charles C. Haight, Garrison, N. Y. 

Charles A. Hale, New York City 

Edward Hagaman Hall, New York City 

James P. Hall, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Frederick A. Halsey, New York City 

Francis Whiting Halsey, New York City 

William Hamilton, Caledonia, N. Y. 

Prof. A. D. F. Hamlin, New York City 

J. Abner Harper, Newburgh, N. Y. 

S. Carman Harriot, New York City 

William H. Harris, New York City 

Mrs. Marcellus Hartley, New Ym'k City 

Hon. Hugh Hastings, Albany, N. Y. 

Edward P. Hatch, New York City 

John C. Havemeyer, Yonkers, N. Y. 

Wm. F. Havemeyer, New York City 

Hon. D. R. Hawley, Farmington, Conn. 

A. Augustus Healy, New York City 

August Heckscher, New York City 

Edmund Hendricks, New York City 

Gustavus C. Henning, New York City 

Mrs. J. W. Henning, New York City 

Albert E. Henschel, New York City 

Mrs. Esther Herrman, New York City 

L. N. Hershfield, New York City 

P. Benedict Herzog, New York City 

James J. Higginson, Netv York City 

Edward F. Hill, Peekskill, N. Y. 

Joseph Hilton, Nyack, N. Y. 

Samuel Ver Planck Hoffman, New York City 

Hon. Franklin W. Hopkins, New York City 

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Frederick W. Hotchkiss, New York City 

Hon. Henry E. Howland, New York City 

William B. Howland. New York City 

Oen. Thos. H. Hubbard, New York City 

Charles I. Hudson, New York City 

Mrs. Wm. Brewster Humphrey, New Haven, Conn. 

Archer M. Huntington, '•'■Pleasance,'''' Baychester, N. Y. 

Hon. Matthew Hurd, Stony Point, N. Y. 

George D. Hurst, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Dr. Frederick E. Hyde, New York City 

Samuel L. Hyman, New York City 

Dr. H. llloway. New York City 

Howard L. Ingersoll, New York City 

Gustavus Isaacs, New York City 

Frederick W. Jackson, Westchester P. O., Bronx Borough 

Theodore F. Jackson, New York City 

Martin R. Jacobus, Ridgefield, N. J. 

Louis E. Jallade, New York City 

E. Fellows Jenkins, New York City 

Morris K. Jesup, New York Oity 

James G. Johnson, Randolph, N Y. 

Willis Fletcher Johnson, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Adrian H. Joline, New York City 

Francis C. Jones, New York City 

H. Bolton Jones, New York City 

Otto H. Kahn, New York City 

Arthur I. Keller, New York City 

Dr. Frank B. Kelley, Elizabeth, N. J. 

Justin Kellogg, Troy, N. Y. 

Dr. Frank E. Kendall, Saranac Lake, N, Y. 

John S. Kennedy, New York City 

Robert N. Kenyon, New York City 

Joseph Keppler, Stapleton, N. Y. 

Rudolph Keppler, New York City 

James Kilby, Nyack, N. Y. 

Rev. Arthur C Kimber, S.T.D., New York City 

Hon. Thomas P. Kingsford, Oswego, N. Y. 

Lee Kohns, New York City 

Dr. George F. Kunz, New York City 

Adolf Kuttroff, New York City 

Hon. Samson Lachman, New York City 

Fredk. S. Lamb, New York City 

Osborn R. Lamb, New York City 

Hon. Francis G. Landon, New York City 

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Woodbury G. Langdor, New York City 

Joseph Larocque, New York City 

Cyrus J. Lawrence, New York City 

Dr. Arthur H. Leary, New York City 

Dr. Albert R. Le Doux, New York City 

Henry C. Lee, Cornwall, N. Y, 

Hon. Thomas H. Lee, Stony Point, N. Y. 

Wm. E. Leffingwell, Watkins, N. Y. 

Dr. Henry M. Leipziger, New York City 

Edgar C. Leonard, Albany, N. Y. 

Hon. Montague Lessler, New York City 

Josiah Letchworth, Buffalo, N. Y. 

Ogden P. Letchworth, Buffalo. N. Y. 

HON. WM. P. LETCHWORTH, Castile P. O., N.Y 

Chas. D. Leverich, New York City 

Joseph C. Levi, New York City 

Miss Florence N. Levy, New Y'ork City 

Hon. Thomas D. Lewis, Fulton, N. Y. 

Hon. Clarence Lexow, New York City 

Hon. Charles Z. Lincoln, Albany, N. Y. 

Chag. H. Livingston, Brewerton, N. Y". 

James Buckiey Locherty, New York City 

Williston B. Lockwood, New York City 

Morris Loeb, New York City 

Hollister Logan, New York City 

Mrs. Adelaide R. H. Long, New York City 

Wm. C. Lusk, M.D., New York City 

Frank Lyman, New York City 

John B. Maddock, Matteawan, N. Y. 

Robert McCord, Peekskill, N. Y. 

Mrs. Tompkins Mcllvaine, New York City 

-Mex. Rice McKim, New York City 

Emerson McMillin, New York City 

Mrs. James P. McQuaide, Nyack, N. Y. 

Miss Jennie F. Macarthy, New York City f 

John Mackay, Niagara Falls, N. Y. 

Harmon A. MacNeil, College Point, L. I. 

James H. Mairs, Nyack, N. Y. 

Wm Allen Marble, New York City 

Alfred E. Marling, New York City 

Louis Marshall, New York City 

Edwin S. Marston, South Orange, N. J. 

Miss Myra B. Martin, New York City 

Rev. Dr. H. Pereira Mendes, New York City 

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Hiram J. Messenger, Hartford, Conn. 

Capt. Henry Metcalfe, U, S. A., New York City 

Hon. Herman A. Metz, New York City 

Dr. Alfred Meyer, New York City 

Charles R. Miller, New York City 

Col. Abraham G. Mills, Neiv York City 

Brig.-Gen. A. L. Mills, U. S. A., Manila, P. I. 

Penrose Neve Milsted, Newark, N. J. 

Col. Cornelius B. Mitchell, New York City 

Miss Nancy Mitchell, Philadelphia, Pa. 

J. Pierpont Morgan, New York City 

J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr., New York City 

Ira K. Morris, West New Brighton, S. I., N. Y. 

Waldo G. Morse, New York City 

Hon. Levi P. Morton, New York City 

Hon. Frank Moss, New York City 

John De Witt Mowris, New York City 

S. L. Munson, Albany, N. Y. 

Rev. C. Morton Murray, ' Wilmington, Delaware 

W. C. Muschenheim, New York City 

Robertson K. Mygatt, New York City 

Edgar J. Nathan, New York City 

Hon. Joseph E. Newburger, New York City 

Mrs. Rhoda Holmes Nicholls, New York City 

Chas. H Niehaus, New York City 

Mrs. Charles H. Niehaus, New York City 

M. Sexton Northrup, Johnstown, N. Y. 

Eben E. Olcott, New York City 

Hon. Alex. E. Orr, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Prof. Henry F. Osboru, New York City 

William Church Osborn, New York City 

Hon. T. M. Osborne, Auburn, N. Y. 

Mrs. MARY R. GREEN OWEN, Lunenberg, N. S. 

Edward D. Page, New York City 

J. Seaver Page, New York City 

Albrecht Pagenstecker, Jr., New York City 

*John E. Parsons, New York City 

Mrs. John E. Parsons, New York City 

Hon. Samuel Parsons, New York City 

Predk. E. Partington, New Brighton, S. I. 

Dr. Edward L. Partridge, New York City 

George Foster Peabody, New York City 

Gordon H. Peck, West Haverstraw, N. Y. 

Hon. John Hudson Peck, Troy, N. Y. 

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Gen. Lewis M. Peck, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Theodore G. Peck, Haverstraw, N. Y. 

E. T. Perine, New York City 

Hon. George W. Perkins, New York City 

Eugene F. Perry, Nyack, N. Y. 

Miss Harriet S. Phillips, New York City 

Hon. N. Taylor Phillips, New York City 

Hon. Gifford Pinchot, Washington, D. C. 

James W. Pinchot, Washington, D. C. 

F.E.Pitkin, Nyack, N. Y. 

Hon. Thomas C. Piatt, New York City 

Robt. W. Pomeroy, Buffalo, N. Y. 

Hon. Alex. J. Porter, Niagara Falls, N. Y 

Gen. Horace Porter, New York City 

Hon. Peter A. Porter, Buffalo, N. Y. 

Abram S. Post, New York City 

Mrs. Henry C. Potter, New York City 

Col. Ralph E. Prime, Yonkers, N. Y. 

Henry A. Prince, New York City 

Thomas Eedfield Proctor^ Ulica, N. T. 

Chas. Pryer, New Rochelle, N. Y. 

Hon. C. A. Pugsley, Peekskill, N. Y. 

Wm. T. Purdy, Haverstraw, N. Y. 

Irving Putnam, New York City 

Gibson Putzel, New York City 

Percy R. Pyne, New York City 

Mann S. Quarles, Richmond, Va. 

George C. Rand, Lawrence, N. Y. 

Stuart F. Randolph, New York City 

James B. Rathbone, Elmira, N. Y. 

R. C. Rathbone, New York City 

M. D. Raymond, Tarrytown, N. Y. 

George R. Read, New York City 

G. H. Redmond, New York City 

W. Max Reld, Amsterdam, N. Y. 

Hon. Bradford Rhodes, New York City 

Auguste Richard, New York City 

Samuel Riker, New York City 

Louis A. Risse, New York City 

Hon. J. Hampden Robb, New York City 

Fredk. Robert, Palm Beach, Florida 

Richard H. Roberts, New York City 

Charles Mulford Robinson, Rochester, N. Y. 

Paul A. Rochester, New York City 



JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, New York City 

Edward L. Rogers, New York City 

H. H. Rolffea, New York City 

Hon. Elihu Root, New York City 

Ehrick K. Rossiter, New York City 

Van Wyck Rossiter, Nyack, N. Y. 

Robert Hamilton Rucker, New York City 

William H. Bussell, New York City 

*Co]. Henry W. Sackett, New York City 

Mrs. Russell Sage, New York City 

Oliver E. Saylor, New York City 

Samuel M. Schafer, New York City 

Jacob H. Schiff, New York City 

Jloi'timer L. Schiff, Neiv York City 

Arthur Schoellkopf , Niagara Falls, N. Y. 

Gustav H. Schwab, New York City 

Mrs. Horace See, New York City 

Edwin R. A. Seligman, New York City 

Isaac Newton Seligman, New York City 

Hon. Frederick W. Seward, Montrose, N. Y. 

Gen. Alex. Shaler, Ridgefield, N. J. 

Miss Sarah A. Shepley, New York City 

Chas. A. Sherman, New York City 

Frederic Shonnard, Yonkers, N. Y. 

John Sinclair, New York City 

Austin M. Slauson, New York City 

Samuel Sloan, Jr., New York City 

Albert K. Smiley, Lake Mohonk, N. Y. 

Daniel Smiley, Lake Mohonk, N. Y. 

James Rufus Smith, New York City 

R. Hobart Smith, New York City 

George H. Smyser, New York City 

Hon. A. S. Solomons, New York City 

Wm. A. Speck, Haverstraw, N. Y. 

James Speyer, New York City 

Edward W. Sprague, Central Square, Oswego Co., N. Y. 

John A. Staples, Newburgh, N. Y. 

Hon. D. McN. K. Stauffer, Yonkers, N. Y. 

John N. Stearns, New York City 

Louis Stern, New York City 

Francis Lynde Stetson, New York City 

Ira B. Stewart, New York City 

Hon. John A. Stewart, New York City 

Hon. Lispenard Stewart, New York City 

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Hon. Win. R. Stewart, New York City 

J. Stickney, New York City 

Chas. Chauncey Stillraan, New York City 

Carl Stoeckel, Norfolk, Conn. 

Miss Ellen J. Stone, New York City 

Frederick S. Stone, New York City 

Eutherford Stuyvesant, New York City 

Thomas Taft, Cornwall, N. Y. 

George Taylor, New York City 

Stevenson Taylor, New York City 

Mrs. Mary Virginia Terhune, Pompton, N. J. 

Nikola Tesla, WardenclyfEe, L. I., N. Y. 

Gerald N. Thaxter, New York City 

Stephen H. Thayer, Yonkers, N. Y. 

Seth E. Thomas, New York City 

Rev. Walter T. Thompson, Garrison, N. Y. 

Louis C. Tiflfany, New York City 

Wm. H. Tolman, New York City 

Calvin Tomkins, New York City 

George R. Tompkins, New York City 

Hamilton B. Tompkins, New York City 

Henry R. Towne, New York City 

Spencer Traek, New York City 

Robert Lee Traylor, Memphis, Tenn. 

E. B. Treat, New York City 

A. C. Tucker, Nyack, N. Y. 

Oswald W. Uhl, New York Ciiy 

Julien Stevens Ulman, New York City 

Ludwig Ulman, New York City 

Albert Ulmann, New York City 

Prof. Charles D. Vail, Geneva, N. Y. 

Mrs. Frederick Van Beuren, New York City 

Howard Van Buren, Nyack, N. Y. 

George W. Vanderbiit, Netv York City 

E. J. S. Van Houten, Nyack, N. Y. 

Robert van Iderstine, New York City 

Warner Van Norden, New York City 

Hon. Wm. Van Valkenburgh, Bergenfield, N. J. 

Thomas Vermilye, New York City 

Samuel Verplanck, Fishkill Landing, N. Y. 

William E. Ver Planck, New York City 

H. C. Ver Valen, Haverstraw, N. Y. 

Charles Vezin, Yonkers, N.Y. 

Robert W. Vonnoh, New York City 

A. M. Voorhis, Nyack, N. Y. 



J. H. Wade, Cleveland, 0. 
Geo. C. Wait, Walking, N. Y. 
Abram Wakeman, New York City 
Townsend Wandell, New York City 
Felix M. Warburg, New York City 
Paul M. Warburg, New York City 
Charles D. Ward, New York City 
John Q. A. Ward, New York City 
Miss Susan Hayes Ward, Newark, N. J. 
Hon. John De Witt Warner, New York City 
Henry Clay Weeks, Bayside, L. I. 
James F. Wenman, New York City 
Everett P. Wheeler, New York City 
Miss Laura Wheeler, Sharon, Conn. 
Hon. Alfred T. White, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
George A. White, New Yorlt City 
Hon. J. DuPratt White. New York City 
Hon. S. V. White, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Mrs. S. V. White, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
W. A. White, New York City 
Drake Whitney, Niagara Falls, N. Y. 
William Wicke, New York City 
Maj, Robt. A. Widenmann, Haverstraw, N. Y. 
Hon. Ansley Wilcox, Buffalo, N. Y. 
Hon. Wm. R. Willcox, New York City 
John T. Willels, New York City 
David Williams, Neiv York City. 
Miss Fannie H. Williams, Salem, N. Y. 
George L. Williams, Buffalo, N. Y. 
Miss Harriet M. Williams, Salem, N. Y. 
Gen. James Grant Wilson, New York City 
Louis Windmuller, New York City 
Gen. Geo. W. Wingate, New York City 
Edgerton L. Winthrop, New York City 
Edmond E. Wise, New York City 
Frank S. Witherbee, Neiv York City 
Mrs. Anna Woerishoeffer, New York City 
Henry A. Wise Wood, New York City 
Horatio N. Wood, Haverstraw, N. Y. 
Gen. Stewart L. Woodford, New York City 
C. M. Woodward, Watkins, N. Y. 
Robert B. Woodward, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Mrs. Charles C. Worthington, Irvington, N. Y. 
Miss Enid Yandel, New York City 
August Zinsser, New York City 
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